Decentralized Identity, Wallets & Credentials
Combined Session
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 11:00—12:00
Location: B 05
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026 11:00—12:00
Location: B 05
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Digital identities promise to transform our lived experiences both online and in the real world, yet trust has remained elusive. The building blocks for truly trusted digital identity are all here now. Passkeys are eliminating passwords and phishing. Verifiable Digital Credentials are enabling portable, privacy-preserving identity proofs. The Digital Credentials API and modern wallets are creating the connective tissue that allows these technologies to work together.
To unlock the full potential of this ecosystem, we need to bring this all together in a pragmatic manner. We need interoperability to be prioritized and incentivized, clear guidance on how to implement these technologies with security and privacy in mind, and frameworks that respect the individual’s rights while ensuring global accessibility.
Join Nishant Kaushik, CTO, FIDO Alliance, as he explores how these pieces can come together to create an ecosystem where every participant can operate with confidence. We’re so close to a future where digital identity isn’t just convenient, but trusted by all.
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The EUDI Regulation is one of the most ambitious digital trust frameworks ever built. Although it was designed from the ground up to facilitate cross-border interoperability, the irony is that this trust effectively stops at the borders of the EU. This represents a missed opportunity on both sides: for third countries looking to gain access to EU digital markets, and for EU market players looking for opportunities beyond an already saturated EU market.
This talk looks at how the World Bank is working to build on the EUDI model to export trust to other regions, helping countries align with the EU model while also facilitating its adaptation to other contexts with different capacities, priorities, and starting points.
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This panel examines how decentralized identity and digital wallets are reshaping the identity value chain and forcing new business models to emerge. Experts will explore who creates, captures, and exchanges value in verifiable credential ecosystems, from phone-home trust models to decentralized and cross-ecosystem value flows.
Attendees will gain clarity on sustainable economic incentives, understand where different participants fit, and learn what it will take to build viable, scalable business models in a world where issuers, holders, and verifiers operate with limited visibility into each other's activities.
